Shellac isn't very weather proof, and it is a hard shell as well. I would stay with a penetrating oil type of product. I think you can get both tung and teak oil at Home Depot or Lowes, etc. Probably even Walmart. Teak oil is more of a pure penetrant and you generally have to buff to get a gloss. It is also more expensive than tung oil, but it sounds like a quart will do what you have in mind with either product so it shouldn't be much difference.
Also , this will be an interior piece .
I would still avoid shellac. Both for the hard shell aspect, and it has horrible chemical resistance qualities. An alcohol spill, for instance, will turn it permanently white. This goes for lacquer as well.
I think I'm just gonna polyurethane finish as suggested on the can of the penetratrating stain . I appreciate your help .
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